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Until 60 years ago the British countryside was a place of labour-intensive, natural farming: tractors operated alongside horses and scythes were still used to make a path for the reaper and binder. It was also isolated from towns and cities, a place where earthy people had to amuse themselves with strange, rustic games and where age meant wisdom.

Take a nostalgia soaked journey back in time via a DVD of authentic newsreel, a CD of rustic music and a fascinating 24 page illustrated booklet to see just how far we have come from a countryside marked by rare humanity.

DVD - Rare Pathe newsreel footage, including:

• Galway Market : A Glimpse Of Old Ireland
• Britain's Vital Harvest: Young And Old Bring In The Harvest
• Old English Customs: Skittles, Toad-in-the-Hole & The Pancake Race
• Dartmoor Postman: One Man And His Pony Deliver The Mail
• Kent: Hop-Picking. South Londoners On Holiday
• and much more ...

DVD total playing time: 20 minutes

CD - 20 original recordings, including:

• All In The April Evening - The Glasgow Orpheus Choir
• Floral Dance - Peter Dawson
• My Lady Greensleeves - The Luton Girls' Choir
• To A Wild Rose - Heddle Nash
• The Village Blacksmith - Peter Dawson
• When You Talk About Old Ireland - Josef Locke
• Woodland Revel - George Melachrino and his Orchestra
• and much more ...

CD total playing time: 63 minutes